Political Science

It's well known that the EU is focusing its efforts on decarbonizing its economy. In many respects, Germany's Energiewende personifies the poster child of that effort. Unfortunately, substantial investments in the Energiewende have not…

Credit: © Marcos Uzquiano The world's population is growing - and with it the need for natural resources. This calls for consistent action to protect biodiversity. "The rapidly ongoing extinction of numerous animal and plant…

Free internet access must be considered as a human right, as people unable to get online - particularly in developing countries - lack meaningful ways to influence the global players shaping their everyday lives, according to a new study.…

Scholars have been studying Rome for hundreds of years, but it still holds some secrets - for instance, relatively little is known about the ancestral origins of the city's denizens. Now, an international team led by researchers from…

Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - People who identify as politically conservative are more like to support climate change mitigation policies if they have report experiencing personal harm from an extreme weather…

Despite nationalist messaging, India's Muslim kids no less likely to feel Indian With a multi-faith population of some 1.3 billion, India claims to be the world's largest secular democracy. But when it comes to the question of who is a…

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Political disinformation campaigns on social media threaten to sway political outcomes, from U.S. elections to Hong Kong protests, yet are often hard to detect. A new study,…

Credit: Carena van Riper, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Given the alarming pace of climate change, it is increasingly important to understand what factors motivate people to take action - or not - on environmental issues. A…

Credit: University of Konstanz Modern protest movements, from the Arab Spring to Fridays for Future to the current protests in Hong Kong, are almost unthinkable without modern digital technology. These movements organize…

Likely voters want continued government funding for teenage pregnancy prevention programs, Rutgers' researcher finds Democrats and Republicans disagree on many policies but not on sex education for teenagers, a Rutgers-led national survey…